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Wenlock Priory was dissolved in the 16th century, and much of the stone was probably taken to build farms and houses in the locality. Much fine carving detail does survive.

The religious house fell at the Dissolution in 1536, and only a few ruins hint at its glory today.

Changed to electricity in 1942, the lighthouse was eventually given up by Trinity House in 1987.

Bridge End may have escaped major development, but the house on the right is a 20th-century addition, built onto the end of the terrace (compare this photograph with 72355, above).

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

Witchampton's flour mill closed before the Second World War, but the remains of the huge mill wheel, including its tree trunk shaft, can still be seen outside Flour Mill House.

Pleasure boats could be hired for trips and picnics on the river bank, and further north, Rye House was a popular weekend venue for east Londoners seeking respite from the smoky capital.

Nearby there is a village school and a couple of hotels, Moorhill House Hotel and Burley Manor Hotel.

The name of the pub on the left is still the same - Nelson Butt – but it is now a Free House and no longer belongs to Bateman's.

These houses, built in 1933, are called Coanwood Cottages. They face onto the road leading to Wareside village centre.

In the distance is Ashford House, the former King's Head Inn.

Much of the building is of Tudor origin, but later additions are said to include panelling removed from Houghton House.

Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay window to the right.

The Cartwright Memorial Hall in Lister Park, Bradford, built during the time of Bradford's pre-eminence as one of the major woollen manufacturing towns of the world, now houses one of the city's best museums

About a hundred years later the low crossing tower was heightened to house a belfry, and the spire was added.

In the chapter house is the tomb of Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke.

The site itself is ancient: it was once the capital and principal fortress of the Dalriadic kings, and the place where the Stone of Destiny was said to have been housed before its removal to Scone.

Montrose is the distinctive red-brick house with dormer windows at the top end of Crock Lane (centre). Holy Trinity Parish Church is visible below it (left of centre).

Brandon's on the right is now Brandon House, and Broadway Court beyond lost its shopfronts in the 1980s.

The old corner house (right) is occupied by Hope Brothers General Outfitters whilst opposite, as for many years, stands Oliver's Shoes.

Long associated with the exploits of Billy the Seal the park even housed its own small zoo until 1941.

The public house (left) first opened as the Blue Bell in 1813.

From the plain late Georgian- character stuccoed terraces, the architecture gets more seaside Victorian, with a profusion of bay windows and the use of various building stones; the four gabled houses

The houses shown here are part of the tiny village of Timbersbrook. The chimney belongs to the Silver Springs Dye works, established here because of the purity of the water.